The new legislation will allow civil rights cold cases that happened prior to 1970 to be reopened.
Attorney General of California Kamala Harris, who became the second Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown are among leaders scheduled to serve in Congress in 2017.
Prosecutors in Louisiana are excluding potential Black jurors three times as often as jurors of another race by using peremptory challenges
